Digital Home Thoughts: SnapStream Announces Firefly PC Remote

"The Firefly PC Remote bridges the gap between the study and the living room. Play movies, TV shows, MP3s, photos and other media stored on your computer from the comfort of your couch. Skip tracks, change the volume, fast-forward, rewind and pause like you do with your current home theater. And Firefly works through walls, so you won't have to move the PC or yourself. Firefly comes with Beyond Media Basic, a full-screen interface, so you can navigate your PC from across the room. Firefly is compatible with over 80 media applications, including Microsoft® XP Media Center edition...

• Create a great party mood playing MP3s directly from your PC
• Connect a PC to your TV and watch TV shows recorded with Beyond TV™
• Conveniently watch movies rented from CinemaNow™ or Movielink™.
• Play music and photos in sync to create the perfect photo slideshow
• All of this without touching the keyboard or mouse!"

This looks really cool, although I'm unclear as to why they'd mention the compatibility with XP Media Center Edition - why would anyone use this if they had an MCE? This looks like the killer end-cap to their BeyondTV media play. More on that tomorrow...